Bengaluru: World No.1 Magnus Carlsen avenged his opening round classical defeat against Alireza Firouzja with a win with White in Round 6 of Norway Chess on Sunday. Indian players had a rough day in the tournament with all four of them – reigning world champion Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy suffering losses. Humpy…
PSG’s Desire Doue, left, and Warren Zaire-Emery walk onto the center court with Chgampions league trophy at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo) Fresh from Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League triumph, Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembele and three of his teammates brought the trophy to the French Open on…
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s star men’s doubles badminton pair, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, ended a 742-day wait for a BWF World Tour title by winning the Singapore Open. The former world No. 1 duo fought back from a game down to beat Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul…
The Portuguese Football Federation’s president, Pedro Proenca, has claimed that it would be ‘a huge surprise’ if Cristiano Ronaldo played for the national team at the 2030 FIFA World Cup. His comments came after Portugal head coach Roberto Martinez reignited the idea that Ronaldo could also appear in his seventh World Cup, citing his competitive…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Tim David has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee and suspended for one match after breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during RCB’s five-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.David, who scored 24 runs off 17 balls…
Jakarta, Brimming with confidence after breaking their title drought in Singapore, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to make it a double celebration in a week’s time when they open their campaign in the Thailand Open Super 1000 badminton tournament starting here on Tuesday. Confident Satwik-Chirag eye back-to-back title wins in Indonesia The former…
Serena Williams is set to make her highly anticipated competitive comeback to tennis at the age of 44. She will be in action at Queen’s Club in London this month as a wildcard entry into the doubles draw, the club confirmed in a statement. Serena Williams will be making her competitive comeback this year. (AP…
Serena Williams (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Tennis great Serena Williams is set to make a surprise return to professional tennis nearly four years after her last competitive match. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has accepted a wild card entry for the women’s doubles event at Queen’s Club, set to be hosted between June 6…
Indian football’s struggles have become a recurring topic of discussion. Fans have been left frustrated every year, and the problems still remain the same. Whether it is uncertainty about the league’s structure, questions about governance, or concerns over the national team’s progress, the sport often faces issues off the pitch. Former India striker Robin Singh…
Kolkata: For all the tactical sophistication that makes Carlo Ancelotti perhaps the most universally respected coach of his era, there is something undeniably perplexing about the Italian trying to build any part of Brazil’s World Cup project around Neymar. It isn’t desperate because Neymar lacks greatness. It is desperate because Brazil keep turning to him…
